National Visionary Leadership Project interviews and conference collection

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Author

David Blackwell

Contributions

Brooke, Edward William, 1919- interviewee - Contributor
Browne, Roscoe Lee, interviewee - Contributor
Charles, Ray, 1930-2004, interviewee - Contributor
Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005, interviewee - Contributor
Collins, Cardiss, 1931- interviewee - Contributor

and 23 more

Davis, Ossie, interviewee - Contributor
De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- interviewee - Contributor
Dee, Ruby, interviewee - Contributor
Dinkins, David N., interviewee - Contributor
Dunham, Katherine, interviewee - Contributor
Franklin, John Hope, 1915-2009, interviewee - Contributor
Gravely, S. L. (Samuel Lee), 1922- interviewee - Contributor
Height, Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene), 1912-2010, interviewee - Contributor
Holder, Geoffrey, 1930- interviewee - Contributor
Johnson, John H. (John Harold), 1918-2005, interviewee - Contributor
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006, interviewee - Contributor
McKissack, Leatrice, interviewee - Contributor
Mitchell, Arthur, 1934- interviewee - Contributor
Motley, Constance Baker, 1921-2005, interviewee - Contributor
Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006, interviewee - Contributor
Young, Andrew, 1932- interviewee - Contributor
Barrow, Willie T. (Willie Taplin), 1924- - Contributor
Cosby, Camille O. (Camille Olivia), 1944- interviewer - Contributor
Poussaint, Renee, interviewer - Contributor
Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Contributor
American Folklife Center - Contributor
National Visionary Leadership Project - Contributor
Summit on the State of Black America (2003 : Library of Congress) - Contributor

Publication

1997 - , District of Columbia

Language

English

Word Count

653,000 words, Guess

Page Count

2,612 pages

Identifiers

Library of Congress Control Number2004695153
Open LibraryOL25146821M

Alternate Titles

National Visionary Leadership Project
Visionary interview excerpts.
Summit on the state of black America, 2003.

Description

Collection consists of videocassettes and video discs of 239 full-length oral history interviews with noted African American leaders conducted by Camille O. Cosby, Renee Poussaint, and others for the National Visionary Leadership Project from 1997 to 2007, and includes photographs of the interviewees taken at the time of the interviews. Among those interviewed are Senator Edward Brooke, Congresswoman Cardiss Collins, educator John Hope Franklin, and civil rights activist Dorothy Height, and many others. Topics for these interviews include the Civil Rights movement; African Americans in the United States Congress and other leadership positions; education in the United States; family histories; the Great Depression; the Great Migration; service in World War II; historically black colleges and universities; African American churches and community leadership; African American leaders in the arts, dance, and music, and many other subjects. There is also a videocassette of the 2003 Summit on the State of Black America, held at the Library of Congress, and sponsored by the National Visionary Leadership Project, but no transcript for this event. Materials were accessioned in 2004, and 2007-2010. Collection also includes CD-ROM titled "Visionary Interview Excerpts" with brief excerpts from interviews with the following leaders: Andrew Young, Carmen de Lavallade, Gordon Parks, Dorothy Height, Edward Brooke, Ruby Dee, David Dinkins, Constance Baker Motley, John Hope Franklin, Leatrice McKissack, Geoffrey Holder, and Ossie Davis.

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